Editing Saul Lieberman (section)

==Career==
After completing his [[master's degree]] at Hebrew University, he was appointed [[lecturer]] there in Talmud in 1931 or 1932. The position was terminated in 1937 due to poor enrollment.<ref name=":0" /> He also taught at the ''Mizrachi Teachers Seminary,'' and from 1935 was dean of the [[Harry Fischel Institute]] for Talmudic Research in Jerusalem.

In 1940, he was invited both by Rabbi [[Yitzchak Hutner]] to teach in the Orthodox Yeshiva [[Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin|Chaim Berlin]], and by the [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]] to serve as [[professor]] of Hellenism and Jewish literature. Lieberman chose the offer by JTS. Lieberman's decision was motivated by a desire to "train American Jews to make a commitment to study and observe the mitzvot."<ref>Marc B. Shapiro, ''Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox''.</ref> In Chaim Dalfin's ''Conversations with the Rebbe'' (LA: JEC, 1996), pp.&nbsp;54–63, Prof. [[Haim Dimitrovski]] relates that when he was newly hired at JTSA, he asked Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] of [[Lubavitch]] whether he should remain in the Seminary, and the response was "as long as Lieberman is there." In 1949, he was appointed [[dean (education)|dean]], and in 1958 [[Rector (academia)|rector]], of the Seminary's rabbinical school.

Lieberman died on March 23, 1983, while flying to Jerusalem for [[Passover]].<ref name="JAOS" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://faculty.biu.ac.il/~testsm/Lieberman.html |title=Saul Lieberman: The Greatest Sage in Israel |website=faculty.biu.ac.il |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105232639/http://faculty.biu.ac.il/~testsm/Lieberman.html |archive-date=2007-11-05}}</ref>